The Free Land of Nord Botten is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its daily referendums, unlimited-speed roads, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 15.563 billion Nord Bottenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Norden. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Nord Bottenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,965 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 190,562 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs, the government subsidizes everything from particle physics to fabric softeners, and Widow Twankey complains about being "cancelled". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nord Botten's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Nord Botten is ranked 3,739^th in the world and 184^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 124 law-abiding acts per hour.